Personal Ability

Exodus 4:2-4
The Lord said to him, "what is that in your hand?" And he said, "A staff," Then He said, "Throw it in the ground," So he throw it in the ground and it became a serpent and Moses fled from it. But the Lord said to Moses, "Stretched out your hand and grip it by tail"---so he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand.

WHEN GOD SENT MOSES INTO THE DESERT, he lost everything he had known. The only way he he still provided for himself was a Shepherd. It was his last thin stand of self a sufficiency. His shepherd's staff represented his ability to survived, even in the hardest times.
   So God did what He always does when He wants to work through a person's life in a miraculous way. He had Moses throw his staff down. We cannot rely on our own ability if we are to fulfill our own divine destiny in life.
   When Moses threw the staff down, it became a snake. Dependence on our ability instead of God is always poisonous. However, once Moses saw that miracle. God told him to pick the staff back up. It's not the ability itself that is wrong. Our mistake comes when we don't depend in God.
    God Will use your ability for His glory, but never forget that it is He not the ability you possess who equip you. Glory to God.